Comments on: Sacha Baron Cohen Chose ‘Les Miserables’ Over ‘Django Unchained,’ Explains What His Small Role Would Have Been

By: Zack

Zack — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:51:03 +0000

I had always assumed Scotty was cut because Tarantino decided he didn't want any of the slave-owners in the film to be sympathetic.

By: Shelly

Shelly — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:51:03 +0000

This is such bs. QT decided he didn't like SBC and axed the part. Period.

By: RooMcGoo

RooMcGoo — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:51:03 +0000

An Incomplete History of Les Miserables: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-vCwLY8DWg

By: berk

berk — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:51:03 +0000

So how did this go again? Baron-Cohen and Jonah Hill were both supposed to play Scotty at one point only to have the part cut, Kevin Costner and Kurt Russell were supposed to play Ace Woody only to have the part cut (and folded into Walton Goggin's Billy Crash), Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Anthony Lapaglia were supposed to play two of the Australians at the end but had to bail and Gerald McRaney was supposedly cast but never appeared in an unnamed role. Anybody else?

By: Kinick

Kinick — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:51:03 +0000

He made the right choice; his scene(s) would have been first to hit the cutting room floor.

By: Glass

Glass — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:51:03 +0000

Crazy decision – Django's a way better movie, but he's one of the most memorable things about Les Mis (to me, the best part). He did the right thing. I'd still love to see him in a Tarantino movie someday.

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:51:03 +0000

He's not at all how I imagined Scotty when I read the script. Too old and too skinny.